Building the Evidence for Exercise in Solid Organ Transplant: How Far Have We Moved the Needle?

Sunita Mathur^{1

2}, Tania Janaudis-Ferreira^{2

3}, Manoela de Paula Ferreira^{2

4}, Nicholas Bourgeois^{2

3

5}, Tom Blydt-Hansen^{2

6}, Tracy Fuller⁷, Robin Deliva⁸, Lorraine Hamiwka^{9

10}

Affiliations

¹ From the: School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
² Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
³ School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
⁴ Dept of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
⁶ Department of Pediatrics (Nephrology), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
⁷ London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada.
⁸ The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁹ Department of Pediatrics, Alberta Children's Hospital, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
¹⁰ Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program.

Editorial

Sunita Mathur et al. Physiother Can. 2023.

. 2023 Sep 19;75(3):209-211.

doi: 10.3138/ptc-2022-0111. eCollection 2023 Sep.

¹ From the: School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
² Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
³ School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
⁴ Dept of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
⁶ Department of Pediatrics (Nephrology), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
⁷ London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada.
⁸ The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁹ Department of Pediatrics, Alberta Children's Hospital, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
¹⁰ Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program.

No abstract available

References

1. Organ replacement in Canada: CORR annual statistics, 2020 | CIHI. [cited 15 Nov 2022]. Available from: https://www.cihi.ca/en/organ-replacement-in-canada-corr-annual-statistic...
1. de Souza FP, Massierer D, Raje UA. Exercise interventions in solid organ transplant candidates: a systematic review. Clin Transplant. 2020;34(9):1–25. 10.1111/ctr.13900. Medline: - DOI - PubMed
1. Janaudis-Ferreira T, Mathur S, Deliva R, et al. Exercise for solid organ transplant candidates and recipients: a joint position statement of the Canadian Society of Transplantation and CAN-RESTORE. Transplantation. 2019;103(9):e220–38. 10.1097/TP.0000000000002806. Medline: - DOI - PubMed
1. Mathur S, Janaudis-Ferreira T, Wickerson L. Meeting report: consensus recommendations for a research agenda in exercise in solid organ transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2014;14(10):2235–45. 10.1111/ajt.12874. Medline: - DOI - PubMed
1. Janaudis-Ferreira T, Tansey T, Mathur CM, et al. The effects of exercise training in adult solid organ transplant recipients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Transpl Int. 2021;34(5):801–24. 10.1111/tri.13848. Medline: - DOI - PubMed